Grain-register



(NoModeL) W. B. RICHARDSON.

Grain Register.

No. 232,759. Patented Sept.

INVENTOR fiMa/wld 7 ATTORNEYS.

WITNESSE3 UNITED STATES WILLIAM B. RICHARDSON PATENT OFFICE.

, OF NVOLFS MILL, TEXAS.

GRAIN-REGISTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 232,759, dated September 28, 1880. Application filcdJune'24, 1880. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM B. RIoIIAno SON, of WVolfs Mill, in the county of Huntand State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Grain-Registers, of which the following is a specification.

Figure l is a side elevation, partly in section, of the improvement. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation taken through the line 00 m, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the registering-wheels.

The object of this invention is to furnish registers for recording the quantity of grain measured and sacked, and which shall be simple in construction and accurate in operation.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents the hopper, with the middle part of the bottom of which is connected a short spout, B, of such a size as to enter the mouth of a sack, (J. The sack is hung upon hooks D, attached to the corners of the spout B. The bottom of the hopper Ainclines from its ends toward the spout B, so that the grain may flow freely into the said spout. The hopper A is made with its ends and one side vertical, and with its other side vertical in the middle and lower part, and with its upper part inclined outward or flared to receive the grain.

E is a board of a width equal to the internal width of the hopper A, and which is pivoted at or a little below its middle part to the sides of the hopper A in such a position that its lower end, when swung forward, will cover and close the mouth of the spout B, and when swung back will swing down into the upper part of the said spout and allow the grain to flow into the sack O. The lower end of the tilting board E is provided with an extension, F, to allow the length of the said board to be regulated as may be required. The upper end of the tilting board E is made heavy or has a weight, G, attached to it, so that it will return to its former position as soon as the outflow of the grain has released its lower end.

The tilting board E is rigidly attached to its pivot-rod, and to one end of the said pivotrod is rigidly attached an arm, H, to the outer end of which is pivoted a pawl, I, which engages with the teeth of a wheel, J, running loose upon the said pivot, so that the said Wheel J may be moved forward the space of one tooth each time the lower end of the tilting board E swings downward. The pawl I may be held in contact with the teeth of the ratchet-wheel J by its own weight or by a spring, as may be desired. Upon the wheel J is formed, or with it is rigidly connected, a gear-wheel, K, having ten teeth, which mesh into the teeth of the gear-wheel L, pivoted to the side of the hopper A or to a support attached to the said hopper. The tilting board weight of a half-bushel of grain.

The wheel J has twenty teeth, and will be moved one tooth as each half-bushel of grain passes through the hopper A, so that the wheel K will make a complete revolution for each ten bushels of grain. The wheel L has one hundred teeth, and will make a complete revolution for each hundred bushels of grain. The teeth of the wheel L are numbered from right to left, and below the right-hand part of each number is placed the numeral onehalf.

To the gear-wheel L, opposite the one-hundredth tooth, is attached a tooth, M, which projects so as to engage with a tooth of the gear-wheel N and move the said wheel N forward one tooth at each revolution of the said wheel L. The wheel N may have any desired number of teeth, which are numbered from left to right. The wheels J and N are provided with spring-holding pawls O to prevent them from being moved out of place by friction or jarring.

The gear-wheels are covered with a casing, P, to protect them from being tampered with. In the casin g is formed an aperture, Q, through which the numbers upon the wheel Lare seen consecutively, which aperture has an enlargement at the right-hand lower part, through which the numerals one-half can be seen. In the casing] is also formed an aperture, It, through which the numbers upon the wheelN can be seen. With this construction, as each half-bushel of grain is poured into the hopper A it is registered, and the quantity measured can be known at any time by a glance at the register. As the register is represented in the drawings, it marks two hundred twenty-three and a half bushels.

In the upper part of the hopper A, over the upper end of the tilting board E, is secured an inclined board, S, to serve as a stop to the E is weighted so that it will tilt with the tilting board E and to prevent grain from passing over the said upper end.

To the upper part of the forward side of the spout B is hinged the upper edge of a board, 5 T, the lower part of which is held forward by the curved split spring U which passes through a hole in the side of the spout B, has ratchetteeth V in its sides to engage with the side of the said spout B, and its inner end is attached to the board T. The board T is designed to prevent the grain from passing too rapidly ,into the sack.

The hopper A is supported upon legs W of such a length as will leave a sufficient space for the convenient insertion and removal of the sacks.

To enable the register to be regulated or set a gear-wheel, k, is pivoted to the side of the hopper A, with its teeth meshing into the teeth of the gear-wheel K. The journal of the gearwheel 70 projects and is squared to receive a key, so that the register can he turned to the zero mark when desired.

Having thus fully described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A grain-register constructed substantially as herein shown and described, consisting of the hopper A, having spout B, the tilting board E, having extension F, the arm and pawl H l, the toothed wheel J, the gear-wheels K L N, the stop-board S, and the hinged board T, having curved split spring U, provided with ratchet-teeth V, as set forth.

2. In a grain-register, the combination, with 3 5 the hopper A, the spout B, and the tilting board E, of the hinged plate T and the curved split spring U, having ratchet-teeth V, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the descent of the grain into the sack is re- 0 tarded, as set forth.

WILLIAM BLEWFORD RICHARDSON.

Witnesses O. W. T. WELDON, R. N. TERRY. 

